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Ruder Finn has acquired Touchdown, a 65-member technology PR shop based in Austin.
Touchdown has offices in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France and Australia.
RF CEO Kathy Bloomgarden said Touchdown’s “expertise in championing emerging enterprise technologies through expert storytelling will bring additional competitive edge to our global technology and innovation practice.”
Touchdown employees will continue to work under the firm’s brand.
James Carter, CEO, will report to Bloomgarden. He said RF’s core values centered around transparency, decency and honesty made the acquisition decision an easy one.
Ruder Finn ranked No. 8 in O’Dwyer’s technology rankings with fees of $21.2M.
Touchdown weighed in at No. 26 with $6.3M in fees.
Infinite, a communications and reputation management firm, has acquired Dukas Linden Public Relations, which represents some of the most prestigious financial institutions in the U.S.
Public Policy Holding Company’s MultiState Assocs. government relations unit has hired Lee Cowen and Nicholas Evans via the acquisition of their respective firms, Cowen Consulting and Putnam Strategies.
Publicis Groupe enters into a definitive agreement to acquire global sports and culture-first agency 160over90.
Public Policy Holding Company has acquired London’s Westminster Policy Partners Limited to expand its economic-led analysis and research-based advocacy communications capability.
Motion, a Chicago-based brand growth agency, acquires video-forward marketing and communications firm AKA Media Partners, which has been in business since 1998.
